2024 Best General Public Health Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

If you pursue a master's degree in general public health, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #16 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for general public health students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 43 master's degrees in general public health to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general public health students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general public health students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general public health related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general public health students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Public Health Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Public Health in District of Columbia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general public health.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Master's in General Public Health

1

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat George Washington University if you want to pursue a master's degree in general public health. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in general public health from George Washington University

2

Howard University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Howard University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in general public health. Howard is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a master’s in general public health from Howard University

Best General Public Health Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Public Health Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	935
Pennsylvania	607	329
Maryland	363	445
New Jersey	346	169
Delaware	151	21

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General Public Health Related Rankings by Major

One of 12 majors within the Public Health area of study, General Public Health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to General Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Public Health	411
International Public Health/International Health	62
Environmental Health	32
Public Health Education and Promotion	29
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	8
Health Services Administration	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr. More about our data sources and methodologies.